A tune I wrote for our daughter. I first recorded it a year ago for Mandolin Mondays #173. This arrangement reflects how she’s changed during the year 🙂 Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You can learn about what I’m doing … Read more
I know Peter Mečiar for years but this is the first time I hear him sing. Check out or cover of the Lonesome River Band song: I wrote about the first virtual project here. Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. … Read more
We are long time friends with Peter Mečiar who helps me with our bluegrass workshops and with the program “Monthly Challenge“. We both also love Western swing. “Make a western swing record with Mečiar” has been on my Plans&Dreams list for a while. I love pedal steel guitar and Peter plays it so great! He … Read more
All my five brothers-in-law are talented musicians. The youngest one studies jazz guitar and due to closed schools, he had a long time at home. So he came to visit us on Maundy Thursday to have a little bluegrass jam. Here are two videos from it. Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes … Read more
In the “Bluegrass Beyond Borders” column of Bluegrass Today, Lee Zimmerman writes about my recent projects and gets my answers to his questions. Here’s his article Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Ondra Kozák makes his strings sing. Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You … Read more
The actual situation forces us to stay home. However, we still want to play music and we even have more time to do it! Here’s our new East-West video: Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You can learn about what I’m doing … Read more
Dobro just enchanted me with its melodic capabilities. Here’s my arrangement of a classic fiddle tune in melodic style: For those interested, here is a TAB. More fiddle tunes TABs for other instruments here. Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You … Read more
Slovak dobro player, singer, studio engineer, and my friend Peter Szabados wrote this song in 2011 (lyrics co-written with Richard Benčík). Recorded on “Peter Szabados – Stroj času” (2013). Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You can learn about what I’m … Read more
Here is my new instrument built by Karel Začal and an intro to my song Alone In Eden from my guitar album Overtones. A quick video before I start feeling embarrassed about my playing… Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You can … Read more
We received a grant from The IBMA Foundation to pick for preschool children with my former bandmate Petr Brandejs. The program will introduce bluegrass instruments and basic music terms like rhythm, pitch, tempo, etc. to small kids in kindergartens in the Czech Republic. More info (in Czech) here. Thank you, The IBMA Foundation! Ondra KozákI’m … Read more
Brian Dowdall and Andreas Schulz write about my project Overtones in British Bluegrass News and German journal Akustik Gitarre, respectively. Ondra KozákI’m a musician and tutor who likes asking Why? and talking with clever people. Sometimes I write something. You can learn about what I’m doing now here or from occasional e-mails (subscribe). Ondra … Read more